I took it part again, tore it down and separated the head from the block so I could make sure the head and pistons were ok.
you can tell where at some point the valves were on the pistons (perhaps when I took the belt off?) while there is marks in the carbon, there really is no 'indent' into the piston.
I feel better about moving forward with the rest of it, not that I was worried but it would be kinda sucky to get everything together to find that a piston is/was hosed. Everything appears to be good to go.
Found a different oil filter holder which has a turbo oil line part.
Can you re-use head gaskets? The # on the one that's in it is 285 049
I pulled the info off the turbo I might use (a k24 I think?) I'm ok with it taking a little while to spool (at least I think I will be at the moment) if not I've got a k14 I can put on.
anyway the info tab is three lines... and in German so it can be a puzzle to figure out what it is. I haven't had a chance to go through it.
K *scratch so I can't read* NR: 069145703
ALT NR: 829180331
AUSFÜHRUNG: 5324 970 6081
I've got an adapter plate that will allow the turbo to be hooked to the current exhaust manifold I have.
Now I'm satisfied with the head and block, I'll start cleaning things up to get things ready for the 'build up' There are a couple seals that have small tears in them that I want to replace since I've got it down this far. I pulled the tdi flywheel from the tdi block and it should bolt up with out any problems! I'll call up the machine shop I use and have it resurfaced and start cleaning the transmission up.
I'm starting to compile a list of seals and bits I need for the build of the injection pump, block and transmission.
-Todd